Python 101: Learning About Sets

A set data type is defined as an “unordered collection of distinct hashable objects” according to the Python 3 documentation. You can use a set for membership testing, removing duplicates from a sequence and computing mathematical operations, like intersection, union, difference, and symmetric difference. Due to the fact that they are unordered collections, a set

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Python 101 – Learning About Dictionaries

Dictionaries are another fundamental data type in Python. A dictionary is a key, value pair. Some programming languages refer to them as hash tables. They are described as a mapping object that maps hashable values to arbitrary objects. A dictionary’s keys must be immutable, that is, unable to change. Starting in Python 3.7, dictionaries are

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PyDev of the Week – Abigail Mesrenyame Dogbe

This week we welcome Abigail Mesrenyame Dogbe (@MesrenyameDogbe) as our PyDev of the Week! Abigail is active with the PyLadies organization in Africa and has also helped organize PyCon Africa. Abigail is also a fellow of the Python Software Foundation. Let’s spend some time getting to know Abigail better! Can you tell us a little

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